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EXCLUSIVE - George Dunn on IHT: "We need flexibility for the very elderly or those with a terminal illness"

TFA chief executive George Dunn writes for Farmers Guardian on what Government should do to change tack on Inheritance Tax changes

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George Dunn, chief executive at the Tenant Farmers Association, said: "Seventeen pages of tax legislation published just a few days ago, signals that Government continues to delude itself that it is travelling in the right direction."
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George Dunn, chief executive at the Tenant Farmers Association, said: "Seventeen pages of tax legislation published just a few days ago, signals that Government continues to delude itself that it is travelling in the right direction."

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